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(No ModeL) E. J. NEUVILLIL.

BUCKLE N0.;454,756. Patented June 23, 1891.

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ERNEST J. NEUVILLE, OF LONDON, ENGLAND.

BUCKLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 454,756, dated June 23,1891. Application filed January 29, 1891. Serial No. 379,531. (Nomodel.) Patented in England October 26, 1889, No. 16,986.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ERNEST J. NEUVILLE, of 2S Ringstead Road, Oatford,London, England, have invented a new and useful Iniprovement in Buckles,(for which I have received a patent in England, dated October 26, 1889,No. 16,936,) of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

This invention relates to buckles mainly intended to be used forfastening the back straps of pantaloons, vests, and other likegarment-straps, but itis equally applicable to any straps that presentindependent ends to be secured by the buckle.

The invention more particularly relates to that description of bucklesorclasps which are wholly independent of the straps or ends of thestraps they are designed to unite and which dispense with prongs toeffect their engagement with the straps; and the invention consists in anovel construction of such a buckle,substantially as hereinafterdescribed, and pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure lrepresents a face view of a buckle embodying my invention withcertain pivoted members of it thrown outward or back. Fig. 2 is afurther face view with the buckleframe partly in section and showing thebuckle as applied to the meeting ends'of two straps to unite them and ashaving its pivoted members adjusted in ward or forward to close uponsaid straps. Fig. 3 is a section through the buckle upon the line at min Fig. 2 and showing the straps as applied, and Fig. 4 is a section ina plane at right angles to Fig. 3 upon the line y y in Fig. 2.

The body of the buckle-frame, which may be made Wholly in one piece,consists of an upper bar A, lower bar B, fixed end limbs O 0, connectingsaid bars, and additional and intermediate connecting-barsD D,parallel,or thereabout, with the limbs O O, which latter are of reduced thicknessand flush on their exteriors or backs with the rear exterior faces ofthe bars A and B. In the under and upper sides, respectively, of thebars A and B, at the ends thereof, are formed recesses 19 b.

E E are movable limbs or members pivoted at their lower rounded ends, asby riveted pins 0 0, within the end recesses b of the lower bar B andcatching or fitting at their upper ends when moved inward on theirpivots within the end recesses 19 in the upper bar A, which latterrecesses serve to prevent said limbs E E from moving too far inward whenclosed. These limbs E E are also of a reduced thickness, so as to be inthe same plane on their exterior faces with the front Walls or surfacesof the bars A B, or thereabout, and are formed with shouldered ends tofit within the recesses Z2 Z) in the upper and lower bars A B. Whenclosed, these limbs E E, which open outward, as shown in Fig. 1, facethe stationary limbs O O,leavingajamming-spaoe in between them andthe-limbs O O to receive in close fit the two thicknesses of thedoubledover loose end portions of the straps G G to be united by thebuckle. The inner or adjacent faces of said stationary and movable limbsO and E are roughened, serrated, or file cut, as at e e, to prevent thestraps from slipping when held in between them.

The buckle is applied and operated as follows: The movable limbs EE arefirst swung outward 011 their pivots c c, and then the free end portionsof the straps G G, which may be sewed or otherwise permanently securedat their opposite ends to the garment,

are passed over or against the roughened faces of the stationary limbs O0, round the fixed inner bars D D, and doubled back over on themselvesand past the stationary end limbs O C, after which the movable limbs E Eare swung inward or closed to tightly grip or hold in between them andthe stationary limbs O C the doubled-over portions of the straps. Todetach the buckle all that is necessary is to swing outward the movablelimbs E E and then pull away the straps.

A buckle thus constructed presents no objectionable projections and maylie flat and is readily capable of being entirely detached from thearticle of clothing and of being attached to the latter or its strapswhen required. No button is needed on the strap. It has no prongs topuncture or tear the strap into strips. It can be fitted exactly in thecenter between the straps and so that both straps will be equally usedand strained, said straps being both of equal length, and it will unitethe straps in a most secure manner. In these and other respects it hasthe advantage over the ordinary pron ged buckle.

Having thus fully described my invention, I

' claim as new and desire to secure by Letters ranged to clamp or holdthe straps or parts to be united between them and the inner faces of thefixed end limbs at both or opposite ends of the buckle-frame, as setforth.

2. The improved buckle herein described, consisting of fixed upper andlower bars or members A B, having recesses 12 b in their ends, fixed endlimbs O O, uniting said members and of less thickness than the latter,the intermediate barsD D, uniting said members A B, andthe movablepivoted gripping or clamping end limbs E E, also of less thickness thanthe members A B, for operation in relation with the fixed end limbs G C,essentially as specified.

ERNEST J. NEUVILLE.

Witnesses:

P. NEUVILLE, G. NEUVILLE.

